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| Housing Starts Buoyed By Multi-Family Sector | ||
| 5/16/2025 3:11 PM | ||
| The Census Bureau is out with monthly construction numbers for April showing an uptick in construction activity offset by slightly lower permitting. While there are several other metrics in this report, building permits and housing starts (which measures when construction actually begins) are the two that are most widely followed. As seen in...Read More | ||
| Builder Confidence Near Post-Pandemic Lows, But Timing is Everything | ||
| 5/16/2025 2:52 PM | ||
| The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo released the monthly Housing Market Index (HMI) this week, showing builder confidence falling to the lowest levels since 2023. This is about as low as the index has been since the housing crisis more than a decade ago. While persistently high interest rates remain a top concer...Read More | ||
| Purchase Demand Moves Back Toward 2 Year High; Refis Hold Steady | ||
| 5/16/2025 1:16 PM | ||
| Home purchase demand improved improved last week according to the MBA mortgage application survey. The improvement over the previous week was fairly modest, but the index was already the 4th highest reading of the past 2 years. Now it"s the 5th highest and the latest update takes its place, moving within striking distance of longer term highs...Read More | ||
| Home Price Appreciation Remains, But Interesting Trend Emerges | ||
| 5/2/2025 2:00 PM | ||
| Both of the major purveyors of home price indices have been in agreement for the better part of a year that the average home is appreciating between 4 and 5 percent per year. The FHFA House Price Index showed only a 0.1% uptick in February while the Case Shiller Home Price Index rose 0.7%. In annual terms, Case Shiller was at 4.5...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Applications Contract Slightly, But Remain Above 2 Year Average | ||
| 5/2/2025 1:28 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates were in the process of falling by the end of last week, but they made additional headway during the first half of the present week. That means this week"s mortgage application survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) may be reflecting hesitation due to the elevated rates at the beginning of last week. The chart...Read More | ||
| Existing Home Sales at 5 Month Lows | ||
| 4/25/2025 2:54 PM | ||
| As is the case for the monthly data on New Home Sales from the Census Bureau, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Existing Home Sales report does not make for exciting news these days. It"s not that the news is tragic or alarming either. It just sort of... is. Whereas New Home Sales have been able to hold sideways near their pre-covid...Read More | ||
| New Home Sales Running Near Highest Pace Since 2022 | ||
| 4/25/2025 2:19 PM | ||
| The Census Bureau released March New Home Sales data this week, and it was near the best levels seen since early 2022. Before you get too excited about that, a caveat is in order. Simply put, when it comes to housing market data, nothing has been more uneventful than new home sales over the past few years. The chart tells th...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Applications Dropped Sharply in Response to The Recent Rate Spike | ||
| 4/25/2025 2:01 PM | ||
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| Don"t Read Too Much Into Builder Confidence (Yet) | ||
| 4/17/2025 3:02 PM | ||
| The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo publish the Housing Market Index (HMI) each month, otherwise known simply as "builder confidence." This month"s index came out at the 2nd lowest level since late 2023. While that might sound dramatic, it"s very much in line with the prevailing trend for this report. And while ...Read More | ||
| Home Construction Remains Volatile Despite Steady Flow of Building Permits | ||
| 4/17/2025 2:32 PM | ||
| One would think that the pace of new residential construction largely mirrors the pace of filings for building permits. And while that is generally true in the bigger picture, there can be noticeable discrepancies month to month. This week"s data from the Census Bureau is the latest example. Building permits were slightly higher at 1.482 million u...Read More | ||